Washable cap.



S.v GRAPE'. WASHABLE GAP. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 27, 1909.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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UNlTEB STATES SOLOMON GRAFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASHABLE CAP.

specication of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed January 27, 1909. Serial No. 474,588.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON GRAFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washable Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved washable cap which may be flattened out when to be laundried, and which will be readily shaped and gathered into its proper form by the insertion and attachment of the draw string.

Tn the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a face view of my improved washable cap, showing it flattened out, and with the elastic draw string partly withdrawn, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the cap, showing it in condition for use.

The body 10 of the capis made substantially of semi-elliptic form, having a straight front edge 11, and a curved rear edge 12, each ornamented preferably by an edging of lace 13, 14. In front of the lace edging 14, there is formed a semi-elliptic row of perforations 15, which is concentric to rear edge 12. Set back, at equal distances, from the straight front edge 11, there are secured to body 10, in close proximity to row of perforations 15,-the first or male members 1G of suitable spring clasps. Perforations 15 are adapted to be engaged by an elastic gathering string 17, provided at its ends with the second or female members 35 18 of the clasps. vWhen string 17 is fthreaded through perforations 15 and its ends are detachably secured to body 10, by means of the clasp-members 16, 18, it will at once gather theback of the cap into folds 40 and draw it into a bulged shape adapted to lit the head, as illustrated in Fig. 2. During this manipulation the elastic character of the string will greatly facilitate the gathering and shaping operation, as, by the construction of the string, the proper folds will be laid without further manual assistance.

That section 19, of the cap, which is located between the front edge 11 and a straight line connecting the clasp-members 16, will constitute the ungathered front of the cap. This front is provided with the usual tie strings 20.

If the cap is to be laundried, the clasps are opened, and the string is drawn out of perforations 15, so that the cap will become iattened out.

l claim:

l. A washable cap having a curved rear edge, a straight front edge, a row of perforations along the rear edge, a shirring string engaging said perforations, and means for detachably securing the ends of said string to the cap at a distance from its front edge.

2. A washable cap having a curved rear edge, a straight front edge, a row of perforations along the rear edge, first claspmembers secured to the cap at a distance from the front edge and in proximity to the row of perforations, and an elastic string engaging said row of perforations and having second clasp-members adapted to removably engage the first clasp-members.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) N. Y., this 26th day of January, 1909.

SOLOMON GRAFF.

Witnesses FRANK v. BRIESEN, lV. R. SCHULZ. 

